JF Mezei wrote:

On 2017-04-17 12:25, Jeff Findley wrote:

man the first flight. This article essentially admits that there are no
reserves in the budget to handle anything unexpected.

Fair enough.

But by now, wouldn't SLS and Orion each be well into the
tests/validation period so that the major flaws have already been found
and dealt with?


How many times have they flown a full up SLS with a full up Ares?

Hint: Zero.


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